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Euronews
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Watch: The Argentinian team planting hope in the mountains
Bosques de Agua has planted over 400,000 native Polylepis Australis trees to help regulate the water cycle and restore biodiversity. The project also protects land as natural reserves and helps local communities and volunteers reconnect with nature and inspires long-term conservation. ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ The Venice Film Festival has announced it will honour legendary Vertigo star Kim Novak with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Novak, 92, was the world's top box office star during the late '50s and early '60s thanks to classics such as Joshua Logan's Picnic (1955), Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) in which she played the dual role of suicidal blonde Madeleine Elster and brunette shop girl Judy Barton. In 2012, Vertigo was named the 'greatest film of all time' by the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound, dethroning Orson Welles' Citizen Kane - which held the number 1 spot for 50 years. The film came in second place in the 2022 edition of the poll. Other memorable roles included her work in Kiss Me, Stupid by Billy Wilder (1964), Bell, Book and Candle by Richard Quine (1958) and Strangers When We Meet, also directed by Quine (1960). Festival organizers said today that they will also host the world premiere of Alexandre Philippe's documentary Kim Novak's Vertigo, which was made in collaboration with the actress. Alberto Barbera, the festival's artistic director, said that the award, 'celebrates a star who was emancipated, a rebel at the heart of Hollywood who illuminated the dreams of movie lovers before retiring to her ranch in Oregon to dedicate herself to painting and to her horses.' 'Inadvertently becoming a screen legend, Kim Novak was one of the most beloved icons of an entire era of Hollywood films, from her auspicious debut during the mid-1950s until her premature and voluntary exile from the gilded cage of Los Angeles a short while later,' added Barbera. 'She never refrained from criticizing the studio system, choosing her roles, who she let into her private life and even her name. Forced to renounce her given name, Marilyn Pauline, because it was associated with Monroe, she fought to conserve her last name, agreeing, in exchange, to dye her hair that shade of platinum blonde which set her apart. Independent and nonconformist, she created her own production company and went on strike to renegotiate a salary that was much lower than that of her male co-stars.' Novak left her Hollywood career behind on her own terms in 1966 and turned to painting instead. She has occasionally granted interviews around significant film anniversaries. After presenting at the 2014 Oscars, many online - including Donald Trump - insulted her appearance. 'Kim should sue her plastic surgeon!' wrote Trump on X. Novak responded with an open letter writing: 'I will no longer hold myself back from speaking out against bullies." "In my opinion, a person has a right to look as good as they can, and I feel better when I look better," she wrote in a Facebook post, adding: "We need to stand up to them (bullies) in a healthy way by speaking out, working out and acting out. I am speaking out now because I don't want to harbour unhealthy feelings inside me anymore." Of this latest honour, Novak said she is 'deeply touched' to receive the award. 'To be recognized for my body of work at this time in my life is a dream come true,' Novak said. 'I will treasure every moment I spend in Venice. It will fill my heart with joy.' This year's Venice Film Festival will also honour iconoclastic German director Werner Herzog with a lifetime achievement award. The 82nd Venice Film Festival runs from 27 August through 6 September. The full slate of films selected won't be announced until late July.
Euronews
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Hitchcock heroine Kim Novak to be honoured with Venice Golden Lion
The Venice Film Festival has announced it will honour legendary Vertigo star Kim Novak with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Novak, 92, was the world's top box office star during the late '50s and early '60s thanks to classics such as Joshua Logan's Picnic (1955), Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) in which she played the dual role of suicidal blonde Madeleine Elster and brunette shop girl Judy Barton. In 2012, Vertigo was named the 'greatest film of all time' by the British Film Institute's Sight and Sound, dethroning Orson Welles' Citizen Kane - which held the number 1 spot for 50 years. The film came in second place in the 2022 edition of the poll. Other memorable roles included her work in Kiss Me, Stupid by Billy Wilder (1964), Bell, Book and Candle by Richard Quine (1958) and Strangers When We Meet, also directed by Quine (1960). Festival organizers said today that they will also host the world premiere of Alexandre Philippe's documentary Kim Novak's Vertigo, which was made in collaboration with the actress. Alberto Barbera, the festival's artistic director, said that the award, 'celebrates a star who was emancipated, a rebel at the heart of Hollywood who illuminated the dreams of movie lovers before retiring to her ranch in Oregon to dedicate herself to painting and to her horses.' 'Inadvertently becoming a screen legend, Kim Novak was one of the most beloved icons of an entire era of Hollywood films, from her auspicious debut during the mid-1950s until her premature and voluntary exile from the gilded cage of Los Angeles a short while later,' added Barbera. 'She never refrained from criticizing the studio system, choosing her roles, who she let into her private life and even her name. Forced to renounce her given name, Marilyn Pauline, because it was associated with Monroe, she fought to conserve her last name, agreeing, in exchange, to dye her hair that shade of platinum blonde which set her apart. Independent and nonconformist, she created her own production company and went on strike to renegotiate a salary that was much lower than that of her male co-stars.' Novak left her Hollywood career behind on her own terms in 1966 and turned to painting instead. She has occasionally granted interviews around significant film anniversaries. After presenting at the 2014 Oscars, many online - including Donald Trump - insulted her appearance. 'Kim should sue her plastic surgeon!' wrote Trump on X. Novak responded with an open letter writing: 'I will no longer hold myself back from speaking out against bullies." "In my opinion, a person has a right to look as good as they can, and I feel better when I look better," she wrote in a Facebook post, adding: "We need to stand up to them (bullies) in a healthy way by speaking out, working out and acting out. I am speaking out now because I don't want to harbour unhealthy feelings inside me anymore." Of this latest honour, Novak said she is 'deeply touched' to receive the award. 'To be recognized for my body of work at this time in my life is a dream come true,' Novak said. 'I will treasure every moment I spend in Venice. It will fill my heart with joy.' This year's Venice Film Festival will also honour iconoclastic German director Werner Herzog with a lifetime achievement award. The 82nd Venice Film Festival runs from 27 August through 6 September. The full slate of films selected won't be announced until late July. Following UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcoming plans to air Netflix's hit show Adolescence in secondary schools, France is following suit, with French Minister of Education Élisabeth Borne stating yesterday that the mini-series will be screened from secondary school level upwards. In an interview for LCI news channel, Borne explained that the producer of the series 'gave us the rights' and that the Ministry of Education was therefore going to 'offer five educational sequences for young people based on this series'. These extracts from Adolescence, which have already been shown in British schools to stimulate debate and try to 'prevent young boys from being dragged into a whirlpool of hatred and misogyny,' are 'very representative of the violence that can exist among young people', according to Borne. The aim is to help raise awareness of the problem of 'overexposure to screens and the trivialisation of violence on these social networks,' as well as the spread of masculinist theories and misogyny, argues Borne. The four-part series follows how a father deals with the fallout of his 13-year-old son being suspected of stabbing one of his classmates to death. Beyond the spot-on acting, the show has felt like a cultural wake-up call, as it has prompted a wider discussion about toxic masculinity and the devastating influence of the so-called 'manosphere' on young minds who are faced with websites and online forums promoting misogyny and ultra-conservative models of masculinity that flirt with far-right ideologies. When it was confirmed that Netflix would be making the series available to all UK secondary schools, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote a column for the Daily Mail saying that he didn't see the good in the initiative, calling the show 'tosh'. He wrote: 'In making this announcement with full prime ministerial authority amid the ancient solemnity of the cabinet room, Keir Starmer has perfectly encapsulated the fundamental flatulence of the government, and its emetic finger-wagging mixture of humbug and wokery.' Johnson went on to say that he believes the move to show the series in school time demonstrates the government's 'cruel indifference to the real educational needs of children today,' adding: 'In case you haven't watched Adolescence I can save you the bother. It's tosh - well-acted tosh.' Predictably, Johnson also introduced race to his argument, saying that 'unlike the teenage couple in this drama, the victims and perpetrators are disproportionately young black males.' The show's co-creator Jack Thorne has already spoken out on this theory, saying, 'It's absurd to say that (knife crime) is only committed by black boys. It's not true and history shows a lot of cases of kids from all races committing these crimes.' Thorne also stated that the goal of the show was not about 'making a point about race' but to make a point 'about masculinity.' 'We're trying to get inside a problem,' he added. 'We're not saying this is one thing or another, we're saying that this is about boys.' The decision to show the series in French schools comes after Laëtitia Curetti, who has a 13-year-old son, wrote to Borne and launched an online petition to have the series shown in secondary schools across France. Curetti stated she believes the series could be an 'excellent educational tool' to raise awareness of the dangers of social networking, sexism, bullying and violence in schools. The discussion surrounding knife crime has increased since the success of the series in France. It has been further amplified after a 16-year-old stabbed a high school student to death and injured three other fellow students at the lycée Notre-Dame de Toutes Aides in Nantes on 24 April. "My thoughts go out first to the teenager who lost her life, to the three students who were injured, and I want to express all my support and solidarity to these victims, their families and their loved ones," declared Borne at the school, before paying tribute to the "establishment staff who intervened and neutralized the attacker." French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau spoke of "a tragedy that rocks us." He said he was "appalled" and "shocked" by "the violence that has been unleashed," before adding that the tragic incident was "not a mere news item but a societal issue."
Mint
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
Kim Novak to receive Venice film festival career award
ROME, June 9 (Reuters) - Kim Novak, a Hollywood diva from the 1950s and 1960s who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on Monday. Best known for her starring role in the 1958 psychological thriller, Novak also held notable roles in classics such as "Kiss Me, Stupid" by Billy Wilder, as well as "Picnic" and "The Man with the Golden Arm". The 92-year-old actor will be given the so-called Golden Lion for "inadvertently becoming a screen legend", the festival's Artistic Director Alberto Barbera said in a statement. "Kim Novak was one of the most beloved icons of an entire era of Hollywood films, from her auspicious debut during the mid-1950s until her premature and voluntary exile from the gilded cage of Los Angeles a short while later," Barbera said, calling her independent and nonconformist. The documentary "Kim Novak's Vertigo" by Swiss-American film director Alexandre Philippe, made in cooperation with the actor, will be premiered at the festival to accompany the award, organizers said. "I am deeply, deeply touched to receive the prestigious Golden Lion Award from such an enormously respected film festival. To be recognised for my body of work at this time in my life is a dream come true," Novak said in the statement. The 82nd edition of the Venice Film Festival will run from August 27 to September 6, 2025. Werner Herzog, the veteran German director of "Fitzcarraldo", will also receive a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement this year. The line-up of films in competition is due to be revealed in July. (Reporting by Giulia Segreti, editing by Alvise Armellini, William Maclean)
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Kim Novak to Be Honored at Venice Film Festival With Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
The Venice Film Festival will honor legendary 'Vertigo' star Kim Novak with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Novak, 92, became the world's top box office draw during the late '50s and early '60s thanks to films now considered classics such as Joshua Logan's 'Picnic' (1955); Otto Preminger's 'The Man with the Golden Arm' (1955); George Sidney's Pal Joey (1957); and, of course, Alfred Hitchock's 'Vertigo' (1958) in which she plays dual characters in the role of her lifetime. More from Variety Kim Novak Documentary Biopic 'Kim Novak's Vertigo' Acquired by Dogwoof (EXCLUSIVE) Alexander Payne to Head Venice Film Festival Jury Werner Herzog to Be Honored at Venice Film Festival With Golden Lion for Career Achievement But Novak is also known as 'a star who was emancipated; a rebel at the heart of Hollywood who illuminated the dreams of movie lovers before retiring to her ranch in Oregon to dedicate herself to painting and to her horses,' as a Venice fest statement put it. As part of the tribute, Venice will world premiere the documentary biopic 'Kim Novak's Vertigo,' directed and written by Alexandre O. Philippe. The doc blends rare archival footage with personal reflections from Novak and glimpses into her reclusive life along Oregon's wild Rogue River, and traces her path from mid-century cinema icon to fiercely private artist. Indeed Novak was a fiercely independent star, who left Hollywood behind to live life on her own terms. 'Inadvertently becoming a screen legend, Kim Novak was one of the most beloved icons of an entire era of Hollywood films, from her auspicious debut during the mid-1950s until her premature and voluntary exile from the gilded cage of Los Angeles a short while later,' said Venice chief Alberto Barbera. Barbera went on to add that Novak 'Never refrained from criticizing the studio system, choosing her roles, who she let into her private life and even her name.' 'Forced to renounce her given name, Marilyn Pauline – because it was associated with Monroe – she fought to conserve her last name, agreeing, in exchange, to dye her hair that shade of platinum blonde which set her apart,' Barbera went on to point out. As previously announced, Venice is also honoring iconoclastic German director Werner Herzog with a lifetime achievement award this year. The fest's upcoming 82nd edition of Venice will run Aug. 27-Sept. 6. Best of Variety 25 Hollywood Legends Who Deserve an Honorary Oscar New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Animated Program — Can Netflix Score Big With 'Arcane,' 'Devil May Cry' and the Final Season of 'Big Mouth?'
Chicago Tribune
03-06-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Mensch's Deli to open in Glencoe, along with casual eatery Picnic
What started as a pop-up concept selling traditional bagels and sandwiches in Evanston is now blossoming into a third and fourth business for a trio of north suburban friends who wanted to expand the Jewish food scene on the North Shore. Friends and co-founders Eric Kogan, Jack DeMar and Kiki Eliopoulos began their joint culinary venture with Picnic in Evanston and continued it with the opening of the full-service diner Mensch's Deli in downtown Evanston last year. Now the group has opened a second Picnic restaurant in downtown Glencoe, and aims to open a second Mensch's Deli at the same building by early June. The soon to be opened Mensch's Deli at 668 Vernon Ave, Glencoe, will have all the chopped liver, chicken soup, latkes, bagels, matzo ball soup, house-brined meats, smoked fish, corned beef and pastrami that the original Mensch's Deli has in Evanston, according to Kogan. Previously, the corned beef sandwich from Mensch's Deli was listed on the Chicago Tribune's Top 30 corned beef sandwiches in the Chicago area. 'We try to make everything in house,' Kogan said. 'Our motto is, if we can make it better than we can source it, then we will do so.' 'We take a lot of pride and joy into taking these traditional recipes and add some of our family twists and make it our own,' he said. After Mensch's opened in Evanston, Kogan said they got immediate feedback from customers asking them to open further north and further west. 'We took a trip out to New York, visited probably 15 to 16 delis over a couple of days… And we thought that that very traditional New York style Jewish deli/diner was missing from Chicago,' Kogan said. 'There are a handful in the suburbs and in the city. Manny's, I think, is a good one, Max and Benny's (too), but in the mid-century 1900's, there was a big boom of delis when Eastern European immigrants came over,' Kogan said. 'But as children of immigrants became doctors and lawyers, these delis started to close down,' Kogan continued. 'So we though it was important for us to bring this back, because it's delicious food, but it's also a great place to get together over a sandwich.' 'This is my first time working in my professional capacity (for Mensch's), but it's food that I've been around my whole life,' he said. While food at the Mensch's in Evanston location isn't kosher because pork products are sold there, Kogan said the Glencoe Mensch's will be kosher in style, with the caveat that the food is not blessed by a rabbi. Fast casual eatery Picnic serves salads and grain bowls, similar to restaurant chain Sweetgreen, DeMar said. DeMar, a fourth generation restaurant owner, is also the owner of Pono Ono Poke in Evanston. 'I decided to open that (Picnic) up in Evanston, and it was a big hit with the students at Northwestern and the office community. And the more we grew our customer base, the more I hear from people in the north and west suburbs saying, 'You got to come out here,'' DeMar said. Along with the entrees sold at Picnic and Mensch's, Kogan and DeMar are counting on Eliopoulos for her baked goods sold at both restaurants, which are recipes are of her own. At Picnic, the lemon tart and a chocolate chip cookie are available. At Mensch's, both locations have coffee cake, chocolate chip banana bread, and babka, which can be prepared in a French toast fashion, and black and white cookies planned to come to both locations. The restaurant hours for the Glencoe location of Picnic are Monday though Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Mensch's planned to be open for breakfast and lunch seven days a week with hours yet to be determined.
